cvs2svn dependencies

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 8, 2009, at 18:23, Daniel J. Luke wrote:

> On Oct 8, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Darren Weber wrote:
>
>> With reference to this page:
>> http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2svn.html
>>
>> There are various run-time dependencies indicated under the title  
>> of "Requirements".  Are any of these included as dependencies in  
>> the MacPorts cvs2svn port?  (I don't see any.)
>
> That page lists
>
> 1- python (which is a port dependency)
> 2- db library and python bindings (python26 port builds with db46  
> and gdbm already)
> 3- gnu sort (comes with mac os x)
>
> optionally can use rcs or cvs if you pass in appropriate options  
> (and you can pass the path to those binaries). both cvs and rcs are  
> included with Mac OS X (or you could install a macports version if  
> you wanted and point cvs2svn to them).
>
> did you notice something broken?
>
>> Also, is it possible to have a symlink or hardlink:
>>
>> /opt/local/bin/cvs2svn -> /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/ 
>> Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/cvs2svn
>
> cvs2svn used to install to ${prefix}/bin but the python26 portgroup  
> sets prefix to ${frameworks_dir}/Python.framework/Versions/2.6
>
> presumably this is so that one could install a cvs2svn against  
> python26 and one against another version of python...
>
> Linking cvs2bzr, cvs2git, and cvs2svn to ${prefix}/bin would be one  
> possible solution ...

It sounds like a good solution to me. Probably this difference between  
the python25 and python26 portgroups was just not considered when  
updating the port to use python26 in r56139.